[Pidgin] #9494: Pidgin 2.5.7 crashes on start

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#9494: Pidgin 2.5.7 crashes on start
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 Reporter:  iamvivek           |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  defect             |       Status:  pending     
Milestone:                     |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.5.7              |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  crash 2.5.7 sound  |  
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Changes (by iamvivek):

  * status:  pending => new


Comment:

 I installed  gstreamer-debug info. Below are gstreamer vers, RHEL vers,
 and the new backtrace.
 {{{
 rpm -q gstreamer
 gstreamer-0.10.9-3.el5

 rpm -q gstreamer-debuginfo
 gstreamer-debuginfo-0.10.9-3.el5

 uname -a
 Linux 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5 #1 SMP Fri May 4 22:15:13 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386
 GNU/Linux
 }}}

 New backtrace:
 {{{
 (gdb) handle SIGPIPE nostop noprint
 Signal        Stop      Print   Pass to program Description
 SIGPIPE       No        No      Yes             Broken pipe
 (gdb) run
 Starting program: /usr/bin/pidgin
 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
 [New Thread -1208514336 (LWP 29760)]

 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
 [Switching to Thread -1208514336 (LWP 29760)]
 0x00000000 in ?? ()
 (gdb) bt full
 #0  0x00000000 in ?? ()
 No symbol table info available.
 #1  0x080df36f in pidgin_sound_init () at gtksound.c:306
         gtk_sound_handle = (void *) 0x8118df4
         blist_handle = (void *) 0x5cd86c
         conv_handle = (void *) 0x5cd908
         error = (GError *) 0x0
 #2  0x00554060 in purple_sound_set_ui_ops (ops=0x81186a0) at sound.c:109
 No locals.
 #3  0x080bc9b6 in pidgin_ui_init () at gtkmain.c:294
 No locals.
 #4  0x005274b9 in purple_core_init (ui=0x80f560c "gtk-gaim") at core.c:182
         ops = (PurpleCoreUiOps *) 0x81185a0
         __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "purple_core_init"
 #5  0x080bd21e in main (argc=Cannot access memory at address 0x0
 ) at gtkmain.c:768
         display = <value optimized out>
         opt_help = 0
         opt_login = 0
         opt_nologin = 0
         opt_version = <value optimized out>
         opt_si = 1
         opt_config_dir_arg = 0x0
         opt_login_arg = 0x0
         opt_session_arg = 0x0
         accounts = <value optimized out>
         sig_indx = <value optimized out>
         sigset = {__val = {82951, 0 <repeats 31 times>}}
         prev_sig_disp = <value optimized out>
         errmsg =
 "\000\000\000\000UY�\000�2\232�\0002\232��\217�J\002\000\000\000\001\000\000\000d2\232��/�J\b\000\000\000\024\000\000\000�\217�J\214N\232�]��J̽������\b",
 '\0' <repeats 11 times>,
 "\220���\000\000\000\000F\v\230\000l3\232�F��J\\N\232�\000\000\000\000\221.�J\030\001\000\000\177N\232�xN\232�tN\232�\024\226�JYx�K�\217�J\n\000\000\000\t\000\000\000�2\232��/�J\b\000\000\000T\000\000\000�\217�J\214N\232�]��J\224���h���(\000\000\000\001\000\000\000(\030��h\005��\030\b���"...
         segfault_message_tmp = <value optimized out>
         error = (GError *) 0x0
         opt = <value optimized out>
         gui_check = <value optimized out>
         debug_enabled = <value optimized out>
         migration_failed = 0
         active_accounts = <value optimized out>
         long_options = {{name = 0x810412a "config", has_arg = 1, flag =
 0x0, val = 99}, {name = 0x80f3576 "debug", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val =
 100}, {name = 0x80f6be1 "help", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 104}, {
     name = 0x80f3841 "login", has_arg = 2, flag = 0x0, val = 108}, {name =
 0x8100552 "multiple", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 109}, {name =
 0x810055b "nologin", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 110}, {name =
 0x8100563 "nocrash",
     has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 120}, {name = 0x8104120 "session",
 has_arg = 1, flag = 0x0, val = 115}, {name = 0x80f8919 "version", has_arg
 = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 118}, {name = 0x8104133 "display", has_arg = 1,
 flag = 0x0,
     val = 68}, {name = 0x810056b "sync", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val =
 83}, {name = 0x0, has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 0}}
 }}}

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